r/Hermes

Tw: death

Hello from France,

Here the last few weeks have been literally hell, and sadly one of my mother's cat died because of the heat. Our dog, a pretty old Dalmatian, isn't feeling well and will probably die in the next few days.

I am mourning them both, and wanna do some ritual for them, ask the gods to guide them through the Underworld, but I don't know who to ask to.

I've been worshipping Hermes for a month now, and wanted to ask for his guidance since he's a guide down there, but I don't know.

I know Hecate may guide children, but is there any God that can do that with animals ? Is there even a place for them down there ?

I'm a bit lost, and I don't really know what to do, neither how to help them, how to pray for them.

Thank you if you've read that 🫶🏻

I have a huge obsidian vault with lots of notes and links and for a long time I've seen videos of how make those notes a brain for my AI agent but never had configured it properly. Now for the first time I've just started using Obsidian as a knowledge base for my AI agent with Hermes running deepseek v4 flash as default. Wish me luck, im in!

I'm not particularly new to Hellenism but have not been actively practicing for a few years recently for a few different reasons, but that's not particularly important at the moment.

Earlier today I thought to myself about adding some symbols of Hermes to my bike for some extra protection on longer journeys and while commuting to work. I hadn't yet searched for anything online (I like to see what I can make/use from things I already own when I can) but when I opened Pinterest I was greeted straight away by the painting The Souls of Acheron.

Admittedly my pinterest is usually full of classical painting and art so it could just be a coincidence but it feels like it could be more.

I think I have prayed to nearly all of the Gods at one point or another but I've never had an interaction with Hermes like this before, is it safe to assume that He has noticed me thinking about him?

I’m pretty new to polytheism, and had been leaning Irish in my interests, until two nights ago, when I had a dream that I was trapped in an obstacle course and Hermes help me escape it, and then told me to call on him if I needed his help again with anything. This seems too direct to actually be anything from the god, but I figure I ought to acknowledge it in case. What do you guys think? If it is him, why might he do it? What should I do?

I’m about to leave Italy and want to pickup a small thank you for my mom from Hermes duty free. Looking for some ideas on your best/most used small purchases, please. What item do you love that you have, or what do you use the most often?

Update: went with the Clic H bracelet. My 17 year old felt it was the best purchase for her so who am I to argue?!

Here’s a link to the free zine for Queers For Mercury, a rite people can perform for the blessings of Hermes/Mercury on them and all queer people. Happy Pride!

I got invited. Has anyone been to an Hermes store opening? What should I expect.

The messager God, Son of Maia
He's my information suppliah
And with a quick wink
He'll gone in a blink
And He knows just what each coin will buy ya